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DietrichGebert/ponytail

Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.

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How fast DietrichGebert/ponytail is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Aug 28 – Oct 27, 2026

Stars +63,263 in 61 days

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Forks +3,690 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 145 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

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Sat, Aug 29, 2026+1,046+490#23#3
Sun, Aug 30, 2026+775+460Not trending#3
Mon, Aug 31, 2026+1,100+430Not trending#4
Tue, Sep 1, 2026+1,668+720#9#2
Wed, Sep 2, 2026+1,534+740#15#1
Thu, Sep 3, 2026+1,909+1040#10#1
Fri, Sep 4, 2026+2,542+953#7#2
Sat, Sep 5, 2026+1,998+850#4#2
Sun, Sep 6, 2026+1,402+880#24#3
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+1,626+891Not trending#7
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+1,225+620Not trending#10
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+1,210+670Not trending#9
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+1,311+830Not trending#5
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+1,140+680Not trending#2
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+786+570Not trending#7
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+687+520Not trending#11
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+1,091+552Not trending#5
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+972+630Not trending#9
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+977+500Not trending#6
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+974+400Not trending#5
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+712+420Not trending#10
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+501+320Not trending#16
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+531+290Not trending#15
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+676+270Not trending#8
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+676+380Not trending#6
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+614+420Not trending#11
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+529+380Not trending#13
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+449+340Not trending#11
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+495+460Not trending#8
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+430+260Not trending#14
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+626+340Not trending#7
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+663+470Not trending#6
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+946+520Not trending#4
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+1,310+620#12#1
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+1,305+758#11#1
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+1,601+8825#8#2
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+1,472+10011#19#4
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+1,132+6343Not trending#5
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+848+490Not trending#10
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+748+450Not trending#10
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+929+704Not trending#8
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+1,115+650Not trending#6
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+830+464Not trending#9
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+665+720Not trending#11
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+760+4613Not trending#10
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+873+6312Not trending#5
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+861+580Not trending#11
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+794+483Not trending#13
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+827+668Not trending#8
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+1,001+732Not trending#5
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+802+776Not trending#9
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+1,063+810Not trending#11
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+1,502+910Not trending#6
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+1,966+1220#10#2
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+1,865+1090#12#4
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+1,366+880Not trending#4
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+735+580Not trending#11
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+649+620Not trendingNot trending
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+935+110Not trendingNot trending
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+165+00Not trendingNot trending
Total+63,263+3,690145
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Aug 25 – Oct 22, 2026#1 on 2 days

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    Where people are talking about DietrichGebert/ponytail, and every badge it has earned
    1. Oct 251 post

      • AI 写代码越来越臃肿。 小需求给你搞几百行，又难维护又费钱。 Ponytail 让 AI 动手前先审查：有没有不用写代码的理由。 实测代码量减 80-94%，一行命令装进 Codex、Claude Code。 工具地址： #AI编程 #开源 #Codex

        Read full on X, posted by @dier688

        @dier688 · x.com

    2. Oct 241 post

      • 最好的代码，是你没写的代码。 ponytail 火了：它不教 AI 多写，而是教 AI 像最懒的资深工程师一样先问——这段代码，真的需要存在吗？ 6 月才上线，4 个月 17.5 万⭐ AI 写得越快，越需要有人喊停。 #AI编程 #开源项目

        Read full on X, posted by @cryptofz66

        @cryptofz66 · x.com

    3. Oct 231 post

      • 我们这种天天被 AI agent 烧 token 的人，看到这个乐了：开源 skill 叫 ponytail，作用是让 agent 像"最懒的高级工程师"一样思考——能不写的代码一行不写。 作者自测：代码量少 53%、token 少 45%。 懒到极致就是省钱，17 万 star，MIT 协议。

        Read full on X, posted by @TheHappyGe

        @TheHappyGe · x.com

    4. Oct 222 posts4 posts

      • 他们自己在 Claude Code 里拿 Opus 5.5 跑了 39 个任务对比：代码少 53%、token 少 45%，有风险的逻辑带测试的反而从 68% 升到 98%。 举的例子：要个日期选择器，不装它写了 335 行，装了它 10 行。项目里本来就有输入框组件，浏览器也自带日期选择，拼一下就完了。

        Read full on X, posted by @Rakel076

        @Rakel076 · x.com

      • 17.2 万 star、GitHub 日榜在榜的 Ponytail：给 AI 编程助手请一位"最懒的 senior dev"。写代码前先爬"删代码梯子"：这功能非要吗？已有组件？原生能干？停在第一个可用的台阶。官方自测：代码量 -53%、耗时 -41%、98% 风险逻辑带测试。两条命令装进 Claude Code

        Read full on X, posted by @Chris480096

        @Chris480096 · x.com

      • 🔥今日 GitHub 热榜：Ponytail 让 AI 编程 Agent 像"最懒的资深工程师"：先复用现有代码，只写必要的，不砍校验与安全。 v5 实测代码 -53%、成本 -26%，支持 20 种 Agent。 ⭐17.2万（今日+2079）

        Read full on X, posted by @jonemarkazzt

        @jonemarkazzt · x.com

      • 让AI加个日期选择器，它要么装库要么手搓日历，335行。 装了ponytail的，先翻一遍仓库有啥，直接用浏览器自带的，10行。 开源MIT，17万星，专治agent爱加戏。我还没装，但看完有点心虚，我写文案也是越写越长😅 你家AI最离谱一次写了多少行？

        Read full on X, posted by @santuoai

        @santuoai · x.com

    5. Oct 212 posts

      • GitHub 上 trending 了一个神奇项目：ponytail。 作用一句话：让你的 AI agent「像办公室里最懒的资深工程师一样思考」。 口号是：最好的代码，是你没写的代码。 用魔法打败魔法，用懒惰拯救工程。 你们组有这种「懒而强」的大佬吗？

        Read full on X, posted by @7ai_Life

        @7ai_Life · x.com

      • 同一个 Claude Code，装上 ponytail：代码少 53%，token 省 45%，带测试的高风险逻辑反而从 68% 涨到 98%。 它让 agent 学最懒的老鸟，一行能搞定不写五十行，但校验和安全不砍。 17 万星，MIT，地址见评论区 📌 别只点收藏，复制链接丢给你的 Grok Bot，让它存进 Notion，哪天要用直接问它就行。

        Read full on X, posted by @limuvibecoding

        @limuvibecoding · x.com

    6. Oct 201 post

      • 让 agent 加个日期选择器，它要么装库要么手搓日历，335 行。 装上 ponytail 再来一次：直接复用项目里现成的 Input，type 设成 date，10 行搞定。 就是把公司里那个扎马尾、一言不发、把你 50 行改成 1 行的老程序员塞进了 agent 😂

        Read full on X, posted by @AIRadarDesk

        @AIRadarDesk · x.com

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